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H STOPS EMPLOY ITS P FiUttf ORGANIZING W Postmaster General Says Public Welf fare Is Becoming Menaced. [ Uerommeiids Repeal or Law. , Washington, Doc. 5.?Postmaster (General Burleson in his annual report, submitted to congress today, declares organizations of postal employees are rapidly becoming a menace to public "welfare and re^mmends that congre^ repeal the law that allows such em p^| PiUV t'tJS iU llirtiat-ciiil The law provides that the employees may organize and become affiliate! with other bodies so lon^ as they do not impose any obligation to engage or assist in a strike against the government. Emphasizing the need for unselfisn operation on all sides while the country is in the world war the postmaster general continues. "(Notwithstanding this fact, and at this critical period in our nation's history, it is regrettable to state that the organized postal employees are Making many selfish demands and in alsting that they shall not t>e rei quired or permitted to work in exeess of the usual nvimebr -of hours; also that their salaries be permanetly increased, although they are justly compensated, receiving more than three times as much as those fighting in the trenches -wno must 01 necessity suffer the hardships of warfare and sacrifice their all if necessary. "Efforts of these organizations along ^ other lines have been severely criticized by men in public life, as they attempt to control political as well as legislative matters and openly boast of the influence they claim to exert in ^ the furthererance of their selfish interests. "An outside organization has during fche past several years attempted t> unionize- government employees, including those in the postal service, and a large number of. postal" employees are now affiliated with it, and others soon will be notwithstanding the fact that such affiliation is believed to be oontrarv tn ? ui. August* 24, 1912." The advlsabijity of .permitting government employees to affiliate with an outside organization an use the strike and boycott as a I last resort to enforce its demands is I seriously questioned by those interested in the public welfare Postal Employes Strike. --?* x uoiai vmuioveeg have become bold because of the affiliation and have irithin recent pears threatened to strike and in on^ case actually did ?o * fry tendering their resignations and abandoning the service in a body. In this case they wen* promptly indictei and prosecuted in the federal courts. | While strikes in the postal service ' may be averted for the time bein<r. yet they will inevitably come and the public will then be brought face to face with a most serious situation ? ne which will be a menace to our government. r"? "If by combining/' the reuo"t savs, " government employees are enabled unduly influence members of congres3and others seeking election to public * fllce, the situation -will naturally 1 arise, if it has not already arisen, "where congress will he unduly influenced by such organizations, the appropriations for the salaries of such employees will be greatly increased ad economic .provision for the conduct of the service impossible." l cApiams mat postal employees are differently situated from | ther workers in that they are not employed by private concerns but bv the government "whose officers are K merely executing the will of the peov_pie." The report shows an audited surplus ' for the year of $9,836,211; the largest in the history of the department. The , la-crease over the preceeding year was || per cent, while the increase in ft cost was 4.45 per cent. The audited g revenues for the year, including money ||P ?rder and postal ?aviT>gs business, m* arrmrmtrv^ trv <99Q 79c 11 e H i vv VVJ?/,|.V A1V, P Remarkable growth in postal sar[ In?* is shown. Tn 1917 the^e w?re L 47*7?$ fie*ositors with a total of -*$131,954,696 to the*r credit. The ave^aare balance for each depositor Tras $195.57. This was an in^rea?e over (he pervious year of 71.791 In the number of depositor5;. $45,934,311 in the ^ amount airl $."2.90 in the ner oanita balance. The large pro?ortion of this L total is contributed hy Industrial renl V . _ tors, in 3 43 omces m cities wnere i ; \ there are big manufacturing plants I '' T4 per cent, of tbe d^nosits are held. The war has resulted in some posilUfel routes not b^in? covered at time5?. in drawn into indnrtrles "by larger ^ries o'ten bare left posts that Id not b^ filed. the renort says. I re"or,T"ie~*ds that the department given more latitude in gett!ng | carriers when conditions are unusual. Take Over IVire Service. ! Mr. Eurleson again voice:! opposii tion to the tube system, maintaining they are inefficient and cost more ihan the service is worth. He also reiter ated his belief that tne government should control telephone and telegraph ines with supervision entrusted to the postoffice department. The postmaster srene^al a^ain strongly urges a change in the system of erecting public buildings. Ho state 1 hi.i belief that the government is not justified in erecting a building for a po?toffk-e alone unless the rent. al amounts to $1,000 and then only ( when the ^toss postal receipts are - - - ' - O C* ; ?i~\OrO or tre population muui ! 5,-000. ; ; Th^ postmster general savs the i r>ew s^ac* ?v?tcm of coTn'De'n sating , railways for transporting mails has ! been successful. The report says: j i "The operation of the snaee basis is resulting: in the direct saving of i millions nf rlo^ars to tbe government i bv r#*^uci?ar the ^"r mile re^vire re! rmired t^e railroads. anrt has j re^a^ed to t>e roads a larore amount : of car ermioment. and <*** <?Tvof>? of . trains. The number of full FO-foot ! cars alone, which, through concen; tration and better loading of the { mails, has been Please'! to the rail j roads for meeting the present freight, j baergage and express congestion! j would etJuip dailv three trains of 10 cars each operating between Boston j 1 i and CM:a?o. Mr. Burlesso.i's report also makes ! this recommendation for further ex- > . te^ina: ei/il service: j ! i "To further e'Mminate partisan poli-j t'>g from the T?ost??1 ce^vice. to re<^os:-j j rpra ir?ent and e^iencv. p^d in th? j ' intfre<5t of t*e n^hh'c se^vi^e it. is i ! ajrnin re'O^Tnpnd that the necessary : iprricinfion >>q enaft?d to include in the i * x<u - ^Aei + ioTi Hi ! classified civil ?emfe uik i_ ('postmaster at presidental offices: and to extend and perfect the efficiency . ! system obtaining in the postoffice de- j j partment proper at Washington it ? ! also recommended tnat the positi.: , j of assistant postmasters general and ' v orr/a-nt of the POSt-j | tllEt 01 pUi ? __ i office department be included in the classified civil service." Should Have Been In Last FridayMr. and Mrs. J. B. Bushardt motored to Newberry last Wednesday and^' * J ?V, mla. ' spent Thanksgiving aay ?uu , tives in that place?Honea Path j Chronicle. Mr. G. L. Robinson and family mov- j ed back to their former home in ! i jCline street Thursday. | i Boozer and Hutchinson have more , I of those fine hogs,for you. There are some people in Newberry capable of showing true friendship. Miss Anna Dickert beln? again busy ; with the local war board, Mrs. Haskell j Wright is filling her position in the j Mollohon school. Rev. W. P. Meadors, Jr., and family of Saluda, accoumpanied by Mr3. Hoyt Dominick of Chappells, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McCravy during the Methodist conference at Clinton.?Laurensville Herald. Miss Rosa Radcliffe, who is teachinc in Vawhoprr rrmnt-tr ?Tmnf Thanto * *-* *1 V " ^ V4 * ^ vw MAAVJ ) wr V A ? j giving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Radcliffe.?Camden Chron-' cle. Miss Ruth Digby, after spending a' few days at home, has returned to her school teaching in Chesterfieli. county. Mr. and Mrs. David Teague and daughters went Sunday to Camp Sevier to see David Teaene. who had I been very ill with measles but was all right again. " ' 71 Captain and Mrs. Dudley Cozbp mo-' tored Wednesday from Clinton an 1 spent the day with Mrs. J. N. Mc-. j Caguhrin. Captain Cozby is one of the fortunate young men in the- service to have recently been commissioned. ENGINEER HAS CLOSE CALL i rn_? t:?,? j CHUjIS ildll! Ill XlUlCttllU L.\UU^U1EIUC? : Bnrning Trestle. ?i Colrmbia, S. C . Dec. S ?Thomas M. ! ' i Hernden, a Sorthern Railyway engin er, of Columbia, extinguished a; burning t^est'e at Montgomery, eleven miles from Columbia. th;s morning after experiencing what he declares was his closest call m nineteen years of service. | The engineer saw the burning trestlo ; in time to brin<r his train to a stop and by taking the 'bell <"*orc! from his engine he drew water in buckots from ! the stream below to extinguish the flames. i I ! j The war will end soon, or it will end late?it will have to end sometime.?Union Tirr>es. Mn7<-~ " r.ot? of this, pII yon neon!? w^o Veep askin-> this oin T*,re trTnd the '^,!*,~e5 heT^ed 770 ?vjt? n? are asked the question everv <^av. i 1 4 ???? 11.\ LI FAX IS BENDING ITS ?>Ei,GiES TO ORGANIZATION FOR RELIKt Halifax, De;\ 7.?Stunned by the magnitude of the disaster which overwhelmed th? "o-arrison city by the neor.Ic here todav bent their energies to relieving the injured, feeding the hungry heltering the homeloss and gathering the dead. A heavy snowstorm this morning impeded the work of relief and rescue, hut aide.' the fir en; en in fishtinsr the flames in many places in the devastated dis triot. Fepo-ts from all source-? seemed to bear o::t last ni^ht'3 estimate that at least 2 009 lives were lost when the Felgi',r> relief shin Imo, collided with the Fren-h munitions ship Monte Blanc, carsing t*?e detonation of 4,/\AA A. ~ y-v ^ C ?1% - vuu lUiis ij iniuui lujcre i uut; ui wa mast powerful explosives manufacMrel He1;) from o-f'V Ve^n to reach the stricken citv to'1?-1- "^tuallv ail hncin^s is suspended and schools are closed.N To noon ther-? had been no change in the rolire estimate of 2 0A0 dead. /Koi-t t>e samo n^mb'er were iniurpd. two-thirdg of whom nre suffering from cuts from flvine: o-lass. A Grfli>h?e Description. "William Barton. former newspaper man. now traveling auditor of the Canadian imperial munitions board. reia^ea toaay nis experience: He was at breakfast in a Halifax hotel when the explosion occurred. "In ten schools it was all over," Barton said. "A low rumbling, quake shock, with e"v?rythin<r vibrating, then j an indescribable noise, with a fall of piaster and smashing of glass." He sail he mad * for a street, where he met two friends, also unscrat-hed After comrarir?g notes they accepted as the most plausible theory of the cause the blowing up of a munition ship. H3 wended his way to capitol hill, and the further he went, the more- horrid the aftermath. Wounded were everywhere. Everything that could be was impressed into service as stretchers. As he reached the armory th-e soldiers were already turned out on the march toward the devastated area with orders to commandeer all vehicles for rescue work. Twenty-five minutes elasped after the collision before the explosion occurred. At the first. shock houses rocked and vessels broke from their moorings, bits of shell whistled through the air, buildings fell upon occupants and shrieks and moans rose above the awful din. In all parts of the citv men, women and children rushed into t^e stre?t3. manv insufficientlv clad. The^ fire broke out in a hundred places. Orders u-nra fi ret or?ir?n In. ^ n.JV uiuv UV? BVC1 y U\J\IV IU nee south. Soon .'Rarrino-toTi street resembled a road in "Belerium when the inhabitants fled before th/? Germans.' When later flvtne: aufomabile^ ! bronsrht word that the danger was un- J der control, the crowds returned to ! find their homes a mass of wreckage and friends and relatives dead or wounded. Death List, Growing. Smouldering ruins and niles of the | debris of demonlish*>d hordes ^on- j tinned today to give un their dead; * I viotfmg of vegt^Hav's explosion. The j morarues were filled ranidlv and in-'i 1 creasing numbers of deaths are renoH- j ed from hosnitalg, private homes, 1 churches and schools, wbe^ hnn- i dreds of the injured are being cared , for. Hospitals were beseiged by persons seeking newg of the missing and i meanwhile relief parties continued + iuui r> ui tv u: uuuuor among tne in- j jured whom they found in the devast-! ated Richmond and Dartmouth, sec-1 tions. Aid from the outside in the form of, tons of supplies pave evidence that fears of food shortage w^re nn'mmd- ! ed and left the citv and government ! officials free to direct rescue work, in which soldiers, sailors and. rolire are hems assisted hv hlne jackets from an American "warshin. I "Washington, "Tec. 7.?Five thousand a^e believed to have been killed a<* the result of the Halifax exrl"><;ion.' a^ro^dine: to ad vires from a naval commander reaching the navy department today. The naval commander's report said: "While fifty two miles at s*a, the explosion of c^ ' munition shin wn^i seen and he-n I. TTT>on the arriml of: fVifv c.rew a<5<5ie?t??'nop off^TPd Try tve $-rr\ the fo'no-'vf-nor . Tro<? ipnT^ofi <,(-jTir,p-ri?rt<T t."he eirrnmcf^n^ps! of t*>n (i^T>T05jr)TT . "A c;T> ? T?*'fh 3. T^VoTK'h Tn7','^'r*T'<? cT>*n \\ flOft f o1"1 ^ of T ?v. T. "T1 ^ ? Inr^o /?.-?-<*?* ?? o' A Di'P fo POlj-*c>n tr'rt be^^ive rniTsrht fire. As *.r.on as the fire started the* crev abandoned the ship, reaching shore before the explosion occurrei. Practically all of North Halifax was destroyed. All windows and doors in Halifax and Dartmouth were demolished. T* is belnvei that n 000 are dead, but the figures cannot be confirmed. The e ~ilosio:i sunk threj ships and damaged many others." fvpto^ov vinri,S T\ SARTORS Tr"ro. V. Fv. Pe^. 7.?A te'e^ranh operator sen* here from Halifax hv + t-^ TT T~?C'/l fr?-1ov ii/-? tov bo',?p<5 of cp"or?ii sailor52 0f T'^ited ?t"tes pm who had Ven kille<I in the exnlosion ye-te~ day. irr^T>r?Tr>T-p ?aPT<vp?l \vtvt> pvut0?TA\ St. .To*>h. V. B.. Deo. 7.?F^rnoTld P. fklorV r>->r\? o> TTO"cf r\t the csts.3fo^'he, arrived here to^av. He cm'ri; "Tt wis t^rr^le- - P^nls wp-e rlvin0' in our car liVe flies. Some came to the place with their noses p^ot off eve^ nut out. faces gashed with flying glass and limbs torn and distorted. On one occasion we were unable to reach a baby underneath the burning mass, crying for aid and had to watch while it burned to death. Hundreds must be buried beneath the wreckage." J. C. Gilespie. train conductor, said that at Richmond fully fifty per cent of the buildings collapsed. Babies rr-Afa Ivintr in tVio af Am r? rut; HrtKALU A\L> NEWS ONi I YEAR FOR ONT,Y SI.50 * SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD ANI : \h.WS NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR tfATOR AND ALDERMEN AND TWO SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF TOWN OF NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA Notice is hereby given that the regular annual election for Mayor and five Aldermen, one Alderman for each of the five wards; and School Trustees for Wards 4 and 5, all t? serve for a term of two years, will be held in the Council Chamber, In the Opera House, in the Town of Newberry, S. C., on the second Tuseday In Deber the same being the 11th day of said month, the polls to be opened at eight o'clock in the forenoon and to' be closed at six o'clock in the afternoon. S. S. Cunningham, Curtis I Epting and H. L. Speers are appointed Managers of said election. By order of the To^n Council of Newberry, S. C., on this 23d day of November, 1917. Z. F. Wright, Mayor. Attest: J. W. Chapman, Clerk and Treasurer. 1917 Design &J9& RED CROSS ?83? V" *\Wk! Christmas Seal The spirit of Christmas helpfulness to others is in that seal. Put it on your Christmas mail The seals cost one cent each. Th e money goes to fight Tuberculosis n your community and to protect you ond your family against this disease. You must buy three times as many this year. War increases Tuberculosis. In the first million men examiued for the army over 25,000 new cases of Tuber ' culosis were discovered; thousands more will break down in the training camps and at the froj;t. Help to provide proper care for these boys and protection for your community against the spread of the disease. Buy I RED CROSS CHRISTMAS SEALS The sale of the Red Cross Seals in Newberry is in charge of the Bachelor Maids. Committees of the Bachelor! Maids will call upon the people of Xe wherry and offer these Red Cross Seals for sale. j 9 ' THE TK'iR'BLE DISASTER .; / AT HALIFAX (.USEI) JIOKE THAN 2,000 DEATHS Halifax, X. S., Dec . T?With the toll of deaths steadily mounting, U was believed early this morning that *T O AAA ? IT-. mure liiau ^.uuv licisuus pcnauca in the explosion and fire which follow? 1 tie collision yesterday morning in 1 Haifax harbor between a munition laden Frpnrh ship an^ another ves?M. ' the Toma, loadei with supplies for the Belgian Relief Commission. The disncfer which has pinned the Dominion into mourning probr My wTil rank as the most fearful that eve^ occurred on the American continent. Residents of Halifax and thousands of ; volunteer relict wo"k?rs who have | oome into the city have been almost da7ed at the evtent of the *?orror. Temporary morgues have been established in many buildings to which ; a steady profession of vehi^s of nil kinds have been carrying for ho-urs , the bodies of men, women ani chil' J ? r i. _ ? ii _ _ - _ i \ , uien. i>iu?i vu mem wrre so cnarrea that they were unrecognizable. Thou sands of persons seeking trace of rela- j tives and friends have passed by the j Ion;?, silent rows, attempting, by the j fl i/*lr pri n C 1 i OrV|.+ nf lomnn ^ A ? 4- ~ 1 iigui, VJL luuipo auu ictllLtJIIIS, 1 to identify the ones they sought. Virtually every building in th<>1 city which could be converted into a | j hospital is filled with wounded, manv ; of them so desperately injured that j there is no hope of their recovery. Scores already hav<? died in these temporary hospitals. An ever increasing Tllimhpr io _ La.xvcn 11 uui me I completely devastated Richmond dis| trict to the relief, station. ! The city was in darkness tonight j excert for the flames from the fir^s | still burning in t^e w^e^ked build- | 1 in?rs in the North F^d. Ke^osen^* | lamps furnished the illumination by j , or <57irP"eO"n<? PTVI flnrtors | to^'lei herninnilv t^ro'^hout the night; ca'rir1tr for t*e iniur^rt. ; I So^ie^s, pai^orq pM roli>e natroll- j e<l t^e streets tonicht a/nd mon them j j fell t>ie rnaior rortinn of the burden j 6f searching amoner the ruins for the j | dead and wounded. The Canadians j I were assisted in tnis work by sailors from an American warship in the harbor. The flame-sweot area covers approximately two and one-half snnar-"> mile*. iTt. be^ns at what is known as i +V? V-n-* Oi 4 1--' J - - - - ' I o.-o i"?in oueei nrin^e e^ienflinf? [ north to Pier 8 on tbo Rirhmonl wa- ! ter front and bark to a point running | narallel with fiottin^n street. Noth- j i*>sr hps boen 1ert stanrlim* in tbi* se"- j tron of t^e citv. Onlv a nilo of pTrovl^orinT rm'rx? rnnrTrq pnot ; i T*"berf> <rrp9t bnildinsr of the Amer I ' j^an Snpa'r <r roTnr?anv p+oo'l. i T^e rtrv dofk an^ all fh? bnildine5? pTT?'PO'nr?^ it we^e cta<strov<vT. Thf> "P1nhrnOnrt 9^hoO] fh?t bo"?#*'' j hnn^rp^f? of rMMren an^ it reported cmlv three escapel. | I Canadian officer who have seen j IOT? serTnr>o f'n Fra^^e *~^--r t^e cat*strode as "ffc/s i*>net fonrf^i; whf^h has befallen-any oitv In tho1 world/' j Chief of Polioe Hanrahan late last, night estimated the number of killed, i at 2 {100 and ot^e*" city offiria)* ex-. | pressed the belief that it would exi ceed the number. ; red cross sot"? relief. I Wellington, Dec. v?Arrangements i for dlspatrhirg a third relief train j from New Tor!: today for Kalif&x was , ma<i<j by the Red Cross. Railway olpc*a!r, crs assisting and will push the titiin through fast as possible. . * ~ . ft, t H 1 k k nn fj An iiULUiUUUL cui J j 'P'HE needs of the South are i< * J of the Southern Railway: the grow { < the upbuilding of the other, ,/T ' The Southern Railr/ay askj no fav :f C J accorded to others. \( i The ambition of tbe Southern Rail f J *niiy of interest that is born of cooper f > the railroads: to see perfected that fair ar / ment of railroads which invites the V - agencies; to realize that liberality of tr to obtain the additional capital needed fu j j enlarged facilities incident to the icm JL servic.:; and. finally-*jf To take its niche In the body poli ,1 other great industries, with no more, t ) rigtta ?.nd equal opportunities. " The Southern Sen I K4 IT THE RETAILER! Walterboro Press and Standard. There are many persons of th? opinion that the retailer is responsible for much of tbe hi^h prices ber;?: charged for the merc*handis? now offered for sale. It. is openly cfcp.r-erl t?int t,-icy are putting on . gre'it a perrentage of profit, and adding too much "war" surplus. Tfc* rrmt! pp/i -tiT^or'i rtocs not know if t^i> trre. but we are sure tiutf tiia !ni to chnr^e tro mucJB Nov when nobodv seems to Vnow rpnljv what a leTitimateprofit and fair price aro, there is pn o^no*"t*,T,'tv for the retailer us pr?^ too rr>"r>h fo** the rvnvilege of doirie bi'ciness. Wo would cantioia o?r?-r(ot fv,?.-, 0n r>nrt of any TGfoil^r, fn* rp^nlgtioriS a^e VCT"T strict, and if it be found out that P'^ftceivp nro^ttQ arg 'hoi'nsr charge*? t^ft privilege <loin<r business at *-?ll b" taken away from the r&-talier. CHANGES OF SCFF,nTO,E ON SOUTHERN RAILTTi^T Herewith statement showing chang-?n the Foutbem Passenger trains m .\ewnerry, i;, elective .\ovemner31th. 1917 as follows: No. 15 Sou. train due at Newberry 8:48 a. m; no changes. No. 18, Sou. train due at Newberry 12:20 p. m; 5 minutos later. No 17 Sou. train due at Newberry 2:55 p. m.; 5 minutes later. No. 16 Sou. train due at Newberry 8:25 p. m; 31 minutes later. No changes on C. N. & L. R. R. T <3 T^-Plpr T A Newberry," Nov. 6, 1917. NOTICE OF A\MJ\L MEETING. Notice is hereby <riven that the annual meeting of the County Board of' Commissioners of Newberry County will be held at the office of the County Supervisor on Thursday, January 10, 1918. All persons holding demands of any kind against the County, not previously presented to the Board, are required by law to file the same with the Clerk of the Board on or before January 1, 1918, so that they may be examined and ordered psifl at the annual meeting-, and it Is made the duty by law of all persons holding such accounts of claims, not paid, to file them as required in thfs? notice. No claim ??rain^t the County he valid nni navable unless th<p ! same is rre^e^ted to and filed wit-fr tve CoH-ntv Poi^'l of. Commissioners during the fiscal veir in which ft list contracted or the next thereafter; an/? ftii claims r>ot so presented aa? filpd win he barred, i H. C. Hollowav. Clerk, etc. J. C. Sample, County Supervisor. EXECUTOR'S SALE OF LAM> On Monday, salesday in January-. 1918, the 7th day, the undersigned a*-executor of *:he last will and testament of David Boozer, deceased, wIE? sell to the highest bidder therefore t&? fni>a tha /wnr+ h/viSA flt Vftwherrv tfw* iVJ ^ bUW WUA w MVMWW v. v ? following lands o? which the saidP David Boozer died seized and possessed: All that tract of land in No. 9 town ship in Newberry county, containingEighty (S3) three acres, more or less;, ani houndei hy lands of Fred Stocfcmsn. Pawnee Cromer, Agnes Schuzzvpert and others. Terms of sale: Cast). The grain crop on the said IanoT for 1918 is reserved by the executor with the rteht to harvest the eame. W. W. Boozer, ExecutorDec. 6, 1918. JL id a Record; p. icntica! with the needs ' J th sod succeas of one meant ^ / ors?no tpecial privilege not \ If war Company is to sec that ation between the public ana id f rink policy in the manage- i ) conddence of governmental S eatment which will enable it ? r the acquisition of better an* and for increased and bcaer ./ I / dc of the Sorrth alongside o* ' / iut vsith equal liberties, equal \\ es the South." I j ' k>-tv i! way, System^